The proposed changes are…

The proposed changes are gutting a law that makes it possible to identify vulnerable species, protect them and their habitat, and give them a shot at survival and recovery.
You are pandering to industry and sprawl developers which will have its own set of consequences.

Pay-to-Slay?

Under the new law, industry will be able to pay a fee instead of doing their part to protect species. They will decide which species are endangered. The government’s statements that funds could be used for research on how to protect the species elsewhere is bullshit as we know that habitat loss and degradation is the number one reason species are ending up endangered in the first place.

If a species exists elsewhere in the world, they could no longer be protected in Ontario. If a species has healthy populations elsewhere, we might stop protecting them in Ontario even if they are extremely endangered here. This will be devastating for migratory animals who live in Southern Ontario. This will lead to species not only being lost to the province (and on the path to extinction), but will also reduce their genetic diversity and resilience at the population level, further perpetuating a biodiversity crisis. We’re losing species at a rate 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate, with 30 to 50 per cent of all species on track to extinction.
This is irresponsible, reckless and the most transparent land grab the Ontario government has devised yet.
Is Bild running Ontario now? Should we send our taxes to them?

Leave our Province alone.